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<p align="left"><font face="Arial">Tom,</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial">There is a 2 page article in Steve Brady's new book, Under the Lid, written by Kathy Smith. Too long to write out...I recommend this book. </font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial">Also Steve recommends removing a damper trimming the edges of the tails. This means rounding the bottom edges of the damper leg. U shape instead of squared tip l_I Also sanding the sides of the felt. Tilting the damper head so the flat felt contacts slightly ahead of the wedge...</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial">Worth a try...</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial">David Ilvedson, RPT<br/>Pacifica, CA 94044<br/><br/></font></p>
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<hr/>Original message<br/>From: "Thomas Cole"
<tcole@cruzio.com> </tcole@cruzio.com><br/>To: Pianotech
<pianotech@ptg.org> </pianotech@ptg.org><br/>Received: 7/15/2008 9:54:50 PM<br/>Subject: Noisy Dampers on Shift<br/><br/>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial">I just acquired a client who bought a new F183 Fazioli. Obviously it's a very nice piano, but the owner is complaining of improper damper function on several notes starting above C4, especially on shift. The hammers all shift off of the first string in Faziolis so I can see that there might be some phase shift between the strings of each unison challenging the dampers, but he's only complaining about a handful of notes in the fourth octave.<br/><br/>The fact that the owner is formerly a synth player is likely why this effect was so noticeable to him, but I must admit the buzzy cutoff on a slow release of the key is not at all subtle. Even the dealer over the phone could hear it.<br/><br/>So far, the trichord wedges are exerting equal pressure on the strings (plucking doesn't reveal any leaks or uneven damping) and the dampers follow when pressing on the strings. The technician who prepped the piano didn't notice a problem but who checks damper function on shift?<br/><br/>Anyone care to take a shot at it?<br/><br/>Tom Cole<br/></font></p>
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